Turned shoe



, F. L. ELLISON TURNED SHOE Filed Jan. 27. .1925

f/WM @y Patented Oct. 2, 1923.

"Unirse s ronnns'r L. nLLrson, or EXETER; New Hararsnr'nn.

Tonnen snon.

Application filed January 27,1923. Serial No. 615,193. l

To all whom z5 may concern Be it known that I, FoRRnsT L. ELLIsoN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Exeter, in the county ofRockingham and State of New Hampshire,have invented new and usefulImprovements in rlfurned Shoes, of which the following is aspecification.

rIhis invention relates to a turned shoe, in which a welt is laid on theupper surface 0f the sole and united to the. sole by an inside row ofstitches passing through the inner edge portion of the welt, and theinturned edge portion of the upper is united to the welt by inclinedstitches passing through the central portion of the welt, and inward anddownward to the inner edge Yof the welt, said inclined stitches beinginterloclred with the said inside stitches, to form a secure unionbetween the welt and sole, without entering the sole, so that thestitches uniting the upper to the welt are not exposed by the wearingaway of the tread face of the sole.

I have,V found that Va turned shoe constructed as above stated, is opento the ob,- liection that the outer edge pontion of the welt is so farfrom the interloclred portions of the inclined and the insidestitches,that said outer edge portion is not closely confined aga-instthe outer edge portion of the c sole, when the shoe is turned right sideout, after the operation of securing the upper to the welt, whichoperation is lperformed while the shoe is turned inside out.

The object of the invention is toobviate this objection. I accomplishthis. object by additionally uniting the weltto the sole by a row ofoutside stitches passing through` the outer edge portion of the weltinto the marginal portion of the sole, saidroutside stitches beingvisible on the upper surface of the welt in the completed shoe.

0f the accompanying drawings'forming a part of this specification,-

Figure 1 is a fragmentary sectional perspective view, showing the sole,the welt and the outside and inside stitches.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary perspective view, showingl the upper united tothewelt by the inclined stitches, the shoe being in side out. Y f

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, showing the shoe turned rightside out.

The saine reference characters indicate the same parts in all thefigures.

In the drawings, 12 represents the sole of a turned shoe, 13 representsawelt laid'on the upper surface of the sole, and united to the latter by'a row of inside stitches 1i, passing through the inner edge lportion ofthe welt. These stitches may be laid in a channel, formed as usual, inthe tread face of aleather sole, although when the sole is made ofrubber, Vor like material such as neolin, which cannot be successfullychan-` neled, the stitches 111 may be laid on the tread face. i i

The upper 15 has an inturned edge portion 15a, which is laid on the.`upper surface of the welt, and is unitedto the latter by a rowofinclined stitches 16,'entering the welt about midway betweenjthe innerand outer edges of the latter, and extending to the lower inside cornerof the welt, .without entering the sole. VSaid inclined stitchesintersect, and are interloclred with the inside stitches 14:, so that astrong connection is provided between the upper and the sole bystitches-which do not enter the sole, and

are not exposed by wear of the tread face vof the sole.

The inclined stitches 16 are formed while the upper and sole are .insideout,'the sole and welt being bent, as shown by Figure 2,

to facilitate the formation of said stitches. I amaware that I am notthe first to pro pose making a turned shoe characterized as abovestated. while desirable' for the reasonsv above mentioned, has not beensuccessfully used heretofore, because of the distance between theinclined stitches 16, and the outer edge of the welt, this distancebeing such that the welt is free to nuove edgewise at its outer edge, sothat when the shoe is turned right side out, there is a pronounced crackor crevice between the outer edges of the welt Y and y sole.

I have overcome this defect and rendered The described construction,

the above described construction successful` rability of the shoe, andimprove its appearance.

I claim:

A turned shoe in whichv a welt is laid on the upperfsurface of the sole,and united to g y l 1,469,256

the sole by an inside row of stitches passing through the inner edgeportion of the Welt, and the inturned edge portion of the upper isunited to the Welt by inclined stitches passing through said inturnedportionV and through the central portion of the Welt tothe inner edge ofthe latter, and interlocked with Y said inside stitches, seid shoe beingcharacterized by a row' of outside stitches uniting the outer edgeportion of the Welt to the 10 sole, and holdingdown the outer edgeportiofn of the welt upon the marginal portion of the sole.V Y

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature. Y

i VFQRIHST L. ELLISON.

